Diploma, Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN
Teaching Areas
Clinical Scholarship I
Clinical Scholarship and Analytic Methods
Family Nursing
Family Nursing for RN's
Knowledge Development and Utilization
Practice Setting
Research Collaborator at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Health Care Interests
The potential for important practice changes based on use of current evidence from research, clinical expertise background and patient preference is a significant movement in nursing
I am particularly eager to see how the use of evidence–based practice can enhance care of families in all types of settings and in all types of family health experiences
The potential for enhancing effective and efficient nursing care seems endless through use of these methods
Areas of Research Willing to Discuss With Nursing Students
The family health experience and how nurses can truly use their interactions with families to enhance family health and the family health experience
Another area that I have recently updated knowledge in is the arena of child pain appraisal as perceived by parents
Current Projects
Research Collaborator at the Mayo Clinic
Research project coordinator for the "Parental Appraisal of Child Pain"
Project between pediatric nurses at Mayo Clinic and Gesu Bambino Hospedale in Rome, Italy
Chair of the Family Health Research Section for the Midwest Nursing Research Society
Publications
Meiers, S.J. & Brauer, D.J. (2008). Existential caring in the family health experience : a proposed conceptualization. Scan J Caring Sci, 22; 110-117.
Meiers, S.J., Tomlinson, P.S.,& Peden- McAlpine, C. (2007). Development of the Family Nurse Caring Belief Scale (FNCBS). Journal of Family Nursing, 13, (4), 484-502.
Peden-McAlpine, C., Tomlinson, P.S., Forneris, S., Genck, G. & Meiers, S. (2005). Evaluation of a reflective practice intervention to enhance family care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 49 (5), 494-501.
Eggenberger, S. K., Krumwiede, N.K., Meiers, S.J., Bliesmer, M., & Earle, P. (2004). Family Caring Strategies in Neutropenia. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 8(6), 617-620.
Eggenberger, S. K., Krumwiede, N. K., Meiers, S. J., Bliesmer, M., Earle, P., & Murray, S. (2004). Giving voice to family caring in cancer: Integrating visual art and research findings. International Journal for Human Caring, 8(3), 59-65.
Krumwiede, N., Meiers, S.J., Eggenberger, S., Murray, S., Bliesmer, M., Earle, P., Murray, S., Andros, D., Harmann, C., & Rydholon, K. (2004). Turbulent waiting: Rural families experiencing chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. Oncology Nursing Forum 31(6), 1145-52.
Krumwiede, N., & Meiers, S. J. (2004). Worth a thousand words. Reflections on Nursing Leadership, 30(2), 30-1, 38.
Meiers, S., & Sheran, K. (2004). Theory of interpersonal relations critique. In S. Peterson & T. S. Bredow (Eds.), Middle Range Theories, 387-88. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
Meiers, S. & Sheran, K. (2004). Critical analysis critique of the theory of interpersonal relations. In Peterson, S. & Bredow, T.S. Middle Range Theories. Philadelphia: Lippincott, p. 387-389.
Fitzgerald, M.A., Milberger, P., Tomlinson, P. S., Peden-McAlpine, C., Meiers, S.J. & Sherman, S. (2003). CNS Participation on a collaborative research project: Barriers and benefits. CNS: The Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, January/February, 17(1), 44 - 49.
Meiers, S. J. & Tomlinson, P.S. (2003). Family-nurse co-construction of meaning: A central phenomenon of family caring. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 17, 193 - 201.
Training/Educational Grants
Meiers, S. J. (2004). Enhancing access to graduate nursing education. PI; $14, 581; Distance Learning Task Force, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Awards
Bliesmer, M., Earle, P., Eggenberger, S., Krumwiede, N., & Meiers, S. (2005). Douglas R. Moore Research Lectureship. Challenges of chronic illness: Artistic interpretation of the family re-integration process. Family Nursing Research Team ($2000).
Meiers, S. J. (2004). Development of a Pedagogical Model for Teaching and Learning Family Nursing. ($6000).
Meiers, S. J. (2004). Research Incentive Award Minnesota State University, Mankato; College of Allied Health and Nursing.
